Monthly Archives: January 2014

Linkage

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Roger Scruton’s list of what conservatives believe wouldn’t go over well with many American Republicans, I suspect. More. Fred Reed recalls a less-regulated America. I grew up under not-very-different circumstances. Scott Chaffin submits to a brain MRI. … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Food and health, Humor, Linkathons, Movies, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged Agnostic, demographics, food, Fred Reed, linkathon, Russia, Scott Chaffin, Slumlord, The Dark Enlightenment, Will. S. | 4 Comments

Naked Lady of the Week: Taylor Vixen

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Taylor is a bubbly, hazel-eyed Texan who’s posed for a number of upscale men’s magazines and websites. Standing a mere 5’2″ and sporting A-class curves, she looks something like a prettier and less butt-heavy version of Kim … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Sex | Tagged naked lady of the week, nude photography, Talor Vixen | 3 Comments

“Bernard and Doris”

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: There was a lot about this 2006, made-for-HBO movie that I loved. It’s a very small-scale, low-budget rhapsody on a historic fact: late in life, the famous tobacco heiress Doris Duke, who had never managed to have … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged bernard lafferty, biopic, bob balaban, doris duke, HBO, movies, ralph fiennes, susan sarandon | Leave a comment

Linkage

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Just how smart is Richard Sherman? David Pogue remains a really terrif tech writer. His stuff is for dummies without being dumb. You’d need half a ’90s-era Radio Shack just to replace your iPhone. If Millennials are so … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged Bill Gates, David Pogue, Dennis Mangan, Richard Sherman, Steve McIntyre, Steve Sailer | 17 Comments

“Eugene Onegin”, Five Ways

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Alexander Pushkin’s 1833 novel-poem is one one the acknowledged masterpieces of Russian literature. Its moodiness, beauty, and sheer Russianness, as well as its themes of irrepressible young love and opportunities missed, have made it popular for adaptations … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Music | Tagged anna netrebko, Ballet, bolshoi, diana vishneva, eugene onegin, five ways, john cranko, liv tyler, marcelo gomes, mariusz kwiecen, onegin, Opera, pushkin, ralph fiennes, Stephen Fry, tchaikovsky | 3 Comments

Art Du Jour

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Gustav Klimt, Water Snakes II (1907)

Posted in Art | Tagged art, Gustav Klimt | 4 Comments

Irfé

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Irfé is a fashion house with a curious history. It was founded in 1924 in Paris by noble Russian expatriates Irina and Felix Youssupov. Those of you with a head for historical trivia may be wondering where … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Women men and fashion | Tagged Fashion, Fashion Show, irfe, olga sorokina, royalty, Russia, vintage fashion | Leave a comment

“Summer Clouds”

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The 1958 “Summer Clouds” is a sprawling but tightly structured work, one that has an almost mathematical precision to it. Chikage Awashima plays Yae, a war widow doing what she can to sustain herself, her son, and her mother-in-law on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Chikage Awashima, Film, Ganjiro Nakamura, Japan, Mikio Naruse, movies | Leave a comment

Regicide Du Jour

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Via these lectures which I’m in the middle of now (and highly recommend), today I learned that 221 years ago yesterday, Louis XVI was executed. Please mourn or celebrate as your politics require. A picture of Louis … Continue reading →